Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Häftad)
avEvaluating Committee on Recognizing, Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
ISBN: 9780309072779 - UTGIVEN: 2002-12Economic, academic, and social forces are causing undergraduate schools to start a fresh examination of teaching effectiveness. Administrators face the complex task of developing equitable, predictable ways to evaluate, encourage, and reward good teaching in science, math, engineering, and technolog[...]
Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood (Inbunden)
avCommittee on Early Childhood Mathematics, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
ISBN: 9780309128063 - UTGIVEN: 200911Early childhood mathematics is vitally important for young children's present and future educational success. Research demonstrates that virtually all young children have the capability to learn and become competent in mathematics. Furthermore, young children enjoy their early informal experiences w[...]
Adding it Up (Häftad)
avMathematics Learning Study Committee, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
ISBN: 9780309218955 - UTGIVEN: 200111Adding It Up explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning during these critical years. The committee identifies five interdependent components of mathematical proficiency[...]
New Tools for Environmental Protection (Häftad)
avCommittee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
ISBN: 9780309084222 - UTGIVEN: 2002-06Many people believe that environmental regulation has passed a point of diminishing returns: the quick fixes have been achieved and the main sources of pollution are shifting from large "point sources" to more diffuse sources that are more difficult and expensive to regulate. The political climate h[...]
Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow (Häftad)
avCommittee on Behavioral and Social Science Research to Improve Intelligence, , , , Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
ISBN: 9780309163422 - UTGIVEN: 201103The intelligence community (IC) plays an essential role in the national security of the United States. Decision makers rely on IC analyses and predictions to reduce uncertainty and to provide warnings about everything from international diplomatic relations to overseas conflicts. In today's complex [...]
Climate and Social Stress (Häftad)
avCommittee on Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Social and Political, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
ISBN: 9780309278560 - UTGIVEN: 201212Climate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental events-slowly at first, but then more quickly. It is prudent to expect to be surprised by the way in which these events may cascade, or have far-reaching effects. Ov[...]
